In a week where he’s taking heat for his “47 percent” statements made at a $50,000-a-head fundraiser last May, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney is apparently taking no chances: there will be no press coverage allowed at his $50,000 a head fundraiser at the Strawberry Hill Estate in Hillsborough Friday.

Romney campaign spokeswoman Sarah Pompei informed us via email Wednesday that the Peninsula event is closed to press pools because it takes place at “a private home.”

But that was before the current fundraising video blowup — and what some insiders tell us will be a move to contain damage and close off press coverage in the last weeks of the campaign.

Asked why the May Carolands Hillsborough event was open to media, and this one isn’t, Pompei offered this response: “The (Carolands house) one you’re talking about is private property that’s used for events and what have you. This is a residence – used for people to live in, not events.”

Here’s the full 4-page invite to Romney’s fundraising shindig at the Strawberry Hill estate in Hillsborough Friday. It includes what we previously reported — the full listing of hosts and some amazing perks for various fundraising contributions: